(Netter Basic Science) Frank H. Netter - Atlas of Human Anatomy-Elsevier (2018)

Inguinal Region: Dissections
See also Plates 254, 256
Anterior view
External abdominal
oblique muscle and
aponeurosis
Anterior superior iliac spine
Internal abdominal
oblique muscle
(cut and reflected)
Transversus abdominis muscle
Deep inguinal ring
(in transversalis fascia)
Cremaster muscle
(lateral origin)
Inferior epigastric vessels
(deep to transversalis fascia)
Inguinal ligament (Poupart’s)
Lacunar ligament (Gimbernat’s)
Cremaster muscle
(medial origin)
Superficial inguinal ring
Lateral crus
Medial crus
Pubic crest
Linea alba
Rectus sheath
(anterior layer)
Transversalis
fascia within
inguinal triangle
(site of direct
inguinal hernia)
Inguinal falx
(conjoint
tendon)
Reflected
inguinal
ligament
Intercrural
fibers
External
spermatic fascia
on spermatic
cord exiting
Superficial
inguinal ring
Fundiform
ligament of penis
Posterior (internal) view
Rectus sheath (posterior layer)
Hesselbach’s triangle by Carlos Machado after Frank Netter
Arcuate line
Medial umbilical ligament
Anterior superior iliac spine
Transversalis fascia (cut away)
Rectus abdominis muscle
Iliopubic tract
Inferior epigastric vessels
Inguinal (Hesselbach’s) triangle (dashed line)
Femoral nerve
Genital branch of genitofemoral nerve
and testicular vessels
Deep inguinal ring
Iliacus muscle
External iliac vessels
Femoral ring (dilated) (broken line)
Psoas (major) muscle
Lacunar ligament (Gimbernat’s)
Pectineal ligament (Cooper’s)
Ductus deferens
Accessory obturator vessels
Obturator vessels
Pubic branches of inferior epigastric vessels
Pubic symphysis
Plate 262
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